The honors were presented Saturday at a gala ceremony that culminated a week of Academy-sponsored activities in Los Angeles for the finalists in the five categories. The awards revealed which of the finalists received which medal. Gold Medal award winners received cash grants of $5,000, Silver Medal award winners received $3,000 and Bronze Medal award winners received $2,000.

The full list of winners follows:

Alternative category

Gold Medal: The Vermeers, Tal S. Shamir, The New School, New York. (Only one medal was awarded in the Alternative category.)

The Academy established the Student Academy Awards in 1972 to support and encourage excellence in filmmaking at the collegiate level. Past Student Academy Award winners have gone on to receive 43 Oscar nominations and have won or shared eight awards.